Letters to the Editor: Time to end Texaco’s art competition for children

One reader proposes an alternative art contest, while others consider issues including the environmental impact of tourism, the 1973 coup in Chile, the League of Ireland, and the TV licence

One reader challenges Texaco's association with a children's art competition which he says has become a 'greenwashing' exercise. Picture: Lewis Whyld/PA

“Now more than ever it is important that all members of our society, particularly our young people, have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of global development. The support offered by principals and teachers in encouraging the global perspective among their students is to be acknowledged and applauded. Also, the focus by Just Forests on the curriculum, at primary and post-primary level, will ensure that the message on sustainable development has relevance for our education system and has a lasting impact.”

— Micheál Martin at the official
opening of Just Forests’ Wood of
Life Exhibition, January 2010,
Bishopstown Public Library, Cork City